Labor's new link to connect with corporates.

Australasian Business Intelligence, April, 2007

Byline: Glenda Korporaal

Apr 25, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Lisa Middlebrook is the director of the Australian Labor Party's new Labor Business Forum. She first raised the concept of a permanent officer to liaise between Labor and business with Labor's national secretary, Tim Gartrell, in 2005. Middlebrook said business has been proactive in reaching out to the party to discuss the possibility of a Labor government and ways of communicating with the party. Middlebrook, who has six years' experience with the Democratic Party in the US, says the aim of the forum is not solely to improve connections with business, but to actively seek advice on the development of policy. The biggest point of contention between Labor and business is currently the...

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